MOSCOW – Some fatal crashes involving the Soviet-built Tu-154 planes. — Dec. 25, 2016: A Tu-154 operated by the Russian Defense Ministry en route to Syria crashes into the Black Sea minutes ...

The Tupolev Tu-154 aircraft that crashed while carrying 92 people on board was one of Russia’s best known models.. The plane, which was carrying 84 passengers and eight crew members, disappeared ...

The Tupolev's Tu-154 (search) remains the standard medium range airliner on domestic flights in Russia and other former Soviet states and to a lesser extent in eastern Europe and Iran (search).

There are still about 230 Tu-154s in operation, and their production began just a few years after that of the Early 737-200. While the Tu-154 remains quite popular among the crews that fly it, it ...

The Tu-154 accidents include a number that have little relation to the aircraft. In 1982, an aircraft landing at Omsk in Russia in a heavy snowstorm - normal for Russian winters - hit six snowploughs ...

The Tupolev aircraft maker's Tu-154, the type of plane that crashed Sunday in the Black Sea with 92 people on board, is an ageing Russian workhorse whose record is plagued with accidents. Although ...

A plane crash in northwestern Iran on Wednesday involved the Tupolev Tu-154 airliner, a Russian-built workhorse which went into service in 1972.

The Tupolev aircraft maker's Tu-154, the type of plane that crashed in the Black Sea with 92 people on board, is an ageing Russian workhorse whose record is plagued with accidents.

The Tu-154 was developed by the Soviet Tupolev design bureau and was the most widely used midrange passenger aircraft in the Soviet Union. More than 1,000 of them saw service.

Polish President Lech Kaczynski was among 97 people killed when their Russian-built Tupolev Tu-154 airliner crashed in thick fog in Russia on Saturday. Skip to main content.